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Earnest Clinches Match Over Detroit Mercy
January 19, 2015 | Women's Tennis
MUNCIE, Ind. - The Ball State women's tennis team (1-0) defeated Detroit Mercy (0-2) by a score of 5-2 in its 2015 opener at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center Sunday afternoon. Head women's tennis coach Max Norris is now 2-0 for his career in season openers.
"That was a great match today for Ball State," said Norris. "We have been competing hard against each other in practice and I think the players were excited to play another team. As our first time out we set a great tone of what this 2015 team will be about. We are excited to get back to work."
Ball State started the match off down 1-0 against Detroit. The only twosome to take a doubles match from the Titans were Courtney Earnest and Olivia Large who defeated Valeryia Kulikovskaya and Sasha Nionova 6-2 at the No. 2 slot.
Despite falling behind early on in the match the Cardinals fought back in singles action winning five of the six matches. Courtney Wild won in straight sets at the No. 1 position after posting a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Nionova. Ashlyn Rang and Rosalinda Calderon each earned straight set victories over their competition in their respective positions. At No. 2 singles, Earnest captured a three set thriller over Irina Slizovskaya to clinch the match for the Cardinals. Large also earned a point for Ball state after beating Nynke Van Der Good, 2-6, 6-0, 6-4.
The Ball State women's tennis team continues non-conference action when it hosts Wright State (Jan. 24) and Youngstown State (Feb. 1) at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
